Nearly everything
Colorado does, Utah does as well or better, without the kerfuffle,
the crowds or the cost. Skiing? Ride a Salt Lake City bus to some of
the hemisphere's best powder at Alta and Snowbird. National Parks?
Arches, Canyonlands, Zion -- all among the best in show. For cool
small towns with lots to do nearby, there's Moab. There's Springdale.
The beer may be more advanced in Colorado, but these days, breweries
like Uinta are playing for keeps.

Writer Celeste Moure strings together a
bunch of insightful zingers. Below are samples.

By the 1930s, the
silver boom had drawn to a close and its residents—surrounded by
incomparable natural beauty—realized that if they build it, they
would come.

In 1985 Robert
Redford brought his Sundance Film Festival and further established
Park City as the celebrity mountain resort of choice.

With more than
8,000 acres, 337 runs and 53 lifts and gondolas in three world-class
resorts, Utah has what many consider to be the best snow in the
country. (Ask them and they’ll tell you they have The Greatest Snow
on Earth®.)

There’s no
better skiing in town than at the refined Deer Valley Resort, which
some locals refer to as a number of exceptional restaurants linked by
even better runs.

The guest book at
Stein Eriksen Lodge reads like a who’s-who of an ensemble cast
blockbuster film.

During Sundance,
Main Street hosts a non-stop party where locals and movie stars wait
in the same lines for dinner tables and fight for the best seats in
the theaters. So don’t be surprised if the residents remain
unimpressed with celebs. (A few years ago Bill Clinton's credit card
was refused in an Old Town bookstore.